Archie Bang - The Promise Lyrics
Come on! Aha, yeah!Why do you wanna know the story?How I ended up in rap purgatoryCome on!I'll let ya niggas know!Everybody wanna know what it isYou know it's true!Hold on!It's the real right here!Eyes low, dreaming red eye, LA flightsCouple stacks, .. tables, Vegas nightsClive cut the check, though we made it rightSpend in advance, money reckless, like we're famous right?Real checked, I gotta do it bigBy the time I come home, won't know what rap is!J records dropped the group, can't regroupNo album submitted, ***** them and shoot!I'm in 'em prison cell thinking I'mma come homeMore types of fur coats, rubies and stonesDrew my... to a yacht, groupies and moreAin't happened like that, truthfully told.I'm back on the block like Rocky's fifth episodeHit the streets with nothing to showLike behind the music, VH1Hold up, wait a minute, homie, I ain't done!New handle, gotta build my buzz upSo I gotta hit the track, gotta keep these funs upMix tapes, Messiah show love, ... got me wait up online ringing offNipsey ***** with me, shout out to the causeThe thing is as far as I runI put the street life behind me, and stay catching upSuch a bad combination, the ... is what she want!Real rap made a promise, my niggaTo lace my... up, go harder, my nigga!Kicking the door beats, knocking, my niggaAll my Brooklyn bullshit, big popper, my nigga!Go and make them respect them, I promise, my niggaThough it was over when 50 started listeningOG video, the whole hood whisperingHad all these lame master rap niggas shivering.Every move make precise concreteType of nigga to keep the devil on his feetMove the masses like a Farrakhan speechKeep pushing as we proceedTo put it down for the NYCYou know money, politics and greaseSpit repertory illness, make you half wanna breathe.I don't get it, man!I've been doing this since day one, manInternship at records records, most...Fell into the streets, got all my bullshit.. graduating to the state penitentiary*****ed up my whole G record situationCause I had it! One of the first in the hood to have itCome home, whole game different, industry different,Mp3s and you know, gotta learn to adapt!First mix-tape, second mix-tape, DJ Messiah, DJ Who KidYou know, I've been around!Nipsey .. one of the first niggas to show me love when I came homeReal rap niggaYou know, real nigga that do rap!You understand what I'm saying!Finally, we kept grinding and kept grindingG, we connect!Met 50, another real niggaAnd you know, everybody is waiting on my next moveBut you just gonna have to stay tunedI can't give it all to you, right?
